Hard at Work in Tibet

An awkward looking fellow is crossing a wobbly bridge with an expensive camera perched precariously on his shoulder.
Crossing creek in Basum
I had the good luck to spend four consecutive summers conducting field work in Tibet for the Tibetan & Himalayan Digital Library. We recorded hundreds of hours of video and audio tape documenting Tibetan language and culture, including music, religion, historical sites, architecture and more. The picture to right was taken in 2000 in the Basum region of Kongpo in Southern Tibet. We spent three weeks there recording music and the history and unique dialect of the region in conjunction with the Preserving Living Traditions Tibetan Folk Music Project. Waiting to cross after me is Paul Brown, our esteemed Audio Engineer and Appalachian Old-time Music representative.

Life in the Country

Four men and a boy sitting around in a circle playing the fiddle, harmonica, banjo, ukulele and guitar
Playing tunes on the Creek Road.
It's the Faster Than Walking crew with me on fiddle (it was my party). From left to right, it's me, Sivert, Joe Mead, John Murphy (Harmonica), and our dear friend Gary Hawk whom we sorely miss. We're seated overlooking the fine view from my old aluminum-manor estate, affectionately named, Spew (or Speaux), after the truly magnificent collection of treasures assembled there by former resident and local Creek Road Hero, Johnny.

Life in Toronto

My Lovely Wife My lovely wife, Frances Garrett, got a great position teaching Buddhism at the University of Toronto and we moved up here in July 2003. The big city is a big contrast to our former life surrounded by many mountains and mooing cows. But we're both city-folk by birth so we're adjusting quite easily.

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